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The Conquistador who put the Amazaon baisn "on the map"....Francisco Orellana

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Obamus Caesar: “No Limits On the Power of the President if He Calls for a National Catastrophe”

Note from Blog: Unlike the distinguished Roman Ruluer Cincinatus who declared that a Roman Ruler could only declare himself Dictator for 6 months in a time of Crisis.......Obama could follow in the footsteps of old line South American dictators and declare his rule for life. But much like his predecesors from Latin America......we will not last long before an old fashioned COUP DE TAT arises.

“President Obama is prepared to take power and begin to rule from day one.”-Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States

Should Congress and the President fail to come to an agreement on
America’s debt ceiling we could well be facing a situation that leads
Barack Obama to implement a last ditch strategy that would be nothing
short of a complete takeover of the United States.
So says former US Treasury Undersecretary Paul Craig Roberts, who
knows a thing or two about finance, debt and the inner workings of our
government :

If the United States were to default, it would be the end
of the US as a superpower. No one in Washington wants to lose that
kind of power, so I fully expect that at the last minute a deal will be
reached. Now, in the event that both sides play a game of ‘chicken’ to
the very end, and we are down to the last hours, and fears of a default
escalate dramatically, I think one of two things will happen….
…
The first would be the Federal Reserve, on its own initiative, would
simply lend the US Treasury whatever money it would need. You have to
remember that the Federal Reserve lent to US and European banks more
than $16 trillion in order to enable them to avoid default, or outright
failure.
…The second possibility would be that President Obama, because
of laws that are already on the books, would have the power to declare a
‘national catastrophe’ and simply assume the leadership of the
government. This gets Congress and the courts out of the picture. At
that point there are no limits on the power of the President if he calls
for a ‘national catastrophe.’
This would mean that the President, on his own authority, could raise
the debt ceiling. So, either of those two events would happen if it
looked like no deal was forthcoming from the Congress. It could be that
President Obama, or others in the Executive Branch, are planning to use
this crisis to invoke that Executive Order.
…
Of course. It means that essentially the President would become a ‘Caesar.’
That would also mean that the Congress had become like the Roman
Senate, which lost its power and simply became a collection of notable
figureheads. Generally when democratically regimes fail you end
up with a Caesar, and a shutdown is of course the epitome of a
democratic failure.So this would give President Obama all of the justification
for exercising the Executive Order so that the President can rule
independently of Congress and the courts.Listen to the Full Interview at King World News (via Steve Quayle)

The important thing to understand is that President Barack Obama
relishes the power. This is evidenced by his desperate need to monitor
and command drone strikes from the White House himself. He likes the
thrill of being the decision maker and holding the lives of others in
his hands.
He has already passed scores of executive orders, including restrictions on firearms accessories and ammunition, as well as provisions that would allow the U.S. government to take over all domestic resources, including the labor force, should a national catastrophe be declared.
Make no mistake. They want total control.

And they will let no crisis go to waste. For them, the debt ceiling
negotiations reaching a stalemate may well be the outcome they are
looking for, because it will justify the administration’s invocation of
Executive Order and rule by decree.
The debt ceiling debate will likely have a resolution, just as it has
twice in as many years under the Obama administration, but if it
doesn’t you can fully expect the Executive Branch to take whatever
action they deem necessary to “protect” the American people.
If that means declaring a “national catastrophe” then that’s what they will do.

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Cafe Dios no muere

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Plaza San Marcos with its 17th Century Church

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Francisco Luis Hector, barón de Carondelet

Click on Photo to see how we renovated this incredible home in Colonial Quito in honor of the Baron de Carondelet

Due to the fact that my roots are from South Louisiana...we could not help but honor this beautifull home in the name of Baron de Carondelet who was not only a Govenor of Louisiana during the Spanish Colonial period but also the last Governor of the Real Audencia in Quito, Ecaudor.

Carondelet.....Quito and New Orleans

Francisco Luis Hector, barón de Carondelet (born in 1748 of Flemish descent in Noyelles-sur-Mer, Flanders) was named governor of El Salvador in 1789, and was a Knight of Malta. After his term had ended, Spanish authorities named Carondelet governor of the Spanish Colonies of Louisiana and West Florida from 1791 to 1797. He then served as the last Noble Governor of the Spanish Colony Real Audencia in Quito from 1797 to his death in 1807.

Knights of Malta

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On Carondelet in New Orleans, Louisiana

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I have lived in Ecuador since 2001 and have been offering our services to foriegners wanting to not only visit Ecuador...but purchase property for a new life. My Ecuadorian wife and I are busy with three wonderfull children but are also busy with our coffee shop, farm, and statue export business. Furthermore, we have been offering Traditional Roman Catholic Pilgrimages to Ecuador for the past 7 years. There are many historical and artistic aspects of Ecuador that are impressive. But for me...it is the humility of the Ecuadorian people, which is most alluring. We invite you to come to Ecuador and experience the old world culture, faith, and beauty of this very special land !

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